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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Cavium, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Suresh Balasubramanian, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cavium, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/289 (2006.01); H03K 3/3562 (2006.01); G01R 31/3185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/35625 (2013.01); G01R 31/318541 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a flip flop circuit includes a master latch and a slave latch. The master latch comprises a storage element and at least two legs, including a data leg and at least one scan leg. The first node of the storage element may be driven by the data leg. The opposite node of the storage element may be driven by at least one of the scan legs. The slave latch may be coupled to the master latch.